Table 4

Percentage and relative risk (RR) of quitting at follow-up

Sociodemographics and smoking-related variablesPercentage quit(n)Crude RR (95% CI)Adjusted RR (95% CI)
Age(−756)1 (0.99 to 1.02)1.02 (1.00 to 1.04)
Sex
 Male12.20%(−440)11
 Female14.60%(−316)1.23 (0.69 to 2.21)1.01 (0.45 to 2.24)
Marital status
 Couple12.60%(−502)11
 Separated/widowed9.20%(−95)0.7 (0.34 to 1.45)0.8 (0.29 to 2.15)
 Single16.70%(−158)1.39 (0.59 to 3.28)1.64 (0.67 to 4.04)
Education
 Primary graduate or less11.50%(−248)11
 Secondary graduate13.40%(−257)1.19 (0.52 to 2.72)1.29 (0.52 to 3.23)
 High school graduate or more15.20%(−237)1.38 (0.69 to 2.75)1.5 (0.60 to 3.75)
Employment status
 Unemployed or inactive16.20%(−243)11
 Employed11.80%(−511)0.69 (0.33 to 1.47)0.6 (0.24 to 1.52)
Income
 Low ($0 to $3000 pesos)15.20%(−190)11
 Medium ($3001 to $5000 pesos)13.60%(−210)0.88 (0.37 to 2.07)1.03 (0.48 to 2.22)
 High ($5001 pesos or more)9.80%(−282)0.61 (0.22 to 1.63)0.55 (0.20 to 1.51)
Smoking status
 Heavy smoker9.50%(−378)11
 Light smoker15.80%(−361)2.32* (1.34 to 4.03)2.66* (1.41 to 4.99)
Made serious quit attempts the previous year
 No13.10%(−556)11
 Yes13.10%(−200)1 (0.53 to 1.92)0.9 (0.45 to 1.78)
Plan to quit within the next 6 months
 No11.90%(−584)11
 Yes16.50%(−122)1.46 (0.71 to 3.03)1.31 (0.63 to 2.72)
Observations621
  • *p<0.01.

  • Light smoker: daily consumption at wave 1 below or equal the median (5 cigarettes).

  • Results from a single model that included all variables shown in the table.